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Old 08-23-2006, 01:45 PM
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i was being stupid and washed the engine bay
without covering intake, distributor, plug wires....
now when i start the car....its shaking bad
when i hit on gas.....but once the rpm go over 4000
the car starts to act as normal.....
wat did i *** up?
is it 'cause of moisture got into distributor?
i have removed the intake...there were some water in it
cleaned it, but havent put it back yet.....

plz help....wat can i do to make things back to normal
 
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Old 08-23-2006, 01:48 PM
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It will eventually return to normal once everything dries up. May take a couple days at most I would think. How long has it been since you washed everything?
 
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Old 08-23-2006, 03:11 PM
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Default RE: urgent help needed...washed engine bay

well its been around 17-18 hrs since i washed the engine bay
and the prb is still there......
btw if i keep the engine runnin would that help
in dryin process?
 
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Old 08-23-2006, 10:57 PM
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Default RE: urgent help needed...washed engine bay

take the dist cap off and see what it looks like.
dry it if necessary
 
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Old 08-24-2006, 01:01 AM
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i am pretty sure you got some water ( moisture) inside the distr cap .remove cap, if you got access to compressed air blow it out , if not dry it out , put together and test drive car
 
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Old 08-24-2006, 01:45 AM
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ok so finally got things back to normal...
i checked distb cap and it was dry
so i dunno...where the water went
but i let the engine run for atleast 40 mins or
n car started to act normal again

although car kinda hesitates when in third gear
may be needs more dryin time...well hope so
other then that....everything is back to normal
 
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